The Steamer
Keno, (above) was the last of the famous
Paddlewheelers on the
Yukon River system. Our editor/publisher
Jerry
W. Bird was a crew
member on the Keno
for two summers. He was also a longshoreman for the
fleet, working with native crews at
Mayo Landing and Dawson City. The river fleet sailed
between Nome, Alaska, in the far north
to Dawson City, and from there to the railhead at
Whitehorse (1890s to the 1950s). See
Klondike.